The Dental Defence Union (DDU) has welcomed the extension of a GDC pilot aimed at speeding up the initial inquiries made to assess fitness to practise cases. The pilot, which was announced in September last year and was due to end in April, has now been extended until the end of October after ‘early positive signs’. Of… Read more »
BASC has published the results of its interactions with Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) following last week’s elections. In the run up to the poll, BASC wrote to each of the 40 candidates in England and Wales and set up a platform for members to contact their local candidates to find out where they stood… Read more »
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Gordon Brown’s political instincts were working well when he attempted to keep the Iraq inquiry private. It took less than half an hour before uncomfortable truths began to emerge. By Alex Stevenson The prime minister’s initial proposal was that the entirety of Sir John Chilcot’s work would be carried out behind closed doors. A huge… Read more »
By Alex Stevenson Sir John Chilcot’s Iraq inquiry begins taking evidence from today. It’s been a long time coming. The attempt to establish what lessons can be learned from Britain’s involvement in the ousting of Saddam Hussein will, inevitably, be hugely political. Perhaps that’s why it’s taken such a long time for the government to… Read more »
